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xzzy posted:Of course Chicago's rail fails spectacularly in many other ways to make up for the ability to sip some booze en route. It wouldn't be Illinois if they didn't cock up and corrupt everything that had potential to benefit its taxpayers.
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PT6A posted:Why is it that, when it comes to parking, no one ends up advocating for the free-market solution when it's obviously ideal? Raise prices until there's around 95% occupancy during peak times. Voi-la! Don't like it? Take the bus. People won't just take the bus, they will just park a bit further down the street and walk the last few hundred metres instead.
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PT6A posted:Why is it that, when it comes to parking, no one ends up advocating for the free-market solution when it's obviously ideal? Raise prices until there's around 95% occupancy during peak times. Voi-la! Don't like it? Take the bus. Parking is hell http://freakonomics.com/2013/03/13/parking-is-hell-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/ When I'm downtown and there's no street parking for $1 an hour that I can easily take, then I happily take a pay lot just for convenience. When I know it's going to be $15 or more to park, I weigh the option of the light-rail which is $16 for the two of us on a round trip versus the inconvenience. What really upsets me is the neighborhoods like Capitol Hill and Highlands that have few pay lots and lots of residences crammed on tiny streets. Or Baker St that has a lot of free parking and super high demand on the weekends, so very few spots available or cramming into neighborhoods. What I find interesting is the parking for the Broncos is the same cost for every game and it's cheaper than the surrounding lots. My favorite lot is $30, but you have to be there about 5 hours before the game, which is fine for tailgating. If you're late though, it's 40-60 depending on the game and location.
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Mar 16, 2015 22:07
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Gorson posted:On Chicago's Metra you can actually drink on the train. I lived there for 4 years (suburbs, actually) and we'd walk down to the Metra station with our booze to get to downtown. It was loving great. 20 minutes of kicking back with a drink vs 1.5 hours of mind-numbing traffic and fighting for parking spots. If you have $2000 and it isn't rush hour, you can rent an "L" train to party on: http://www.citylab.com/commute/2015/02/you-can-rent-chicagos-l-train-for-parties/385961/ (no drinking, sadly)
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Been saving up my dashcam footage for a while so I'm going to dump it here because the dashcam thread seems to be more about tech than videos. I present; Video evidence of why I am an unrepentant truck driver; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Y72Sf1zl4 "I just CAN'T be behind a truck!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AShs8KF_rU4 "Left Lane Ends" signs don't apply to me." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfkpIYDd8AE "gently caress your left turn, AND that stop sign, gently caress it too." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6DelcuVPZk Passing on the right, disregard for turn signal and moving to take the lane. I honestly did not see this guy until he was at my hood he was so dug in to my blind spot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA8AUvPx_UM Who needs to use turn signals or check their mirrors when the other guy will nearly go sideways to avoid you... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qECScRYqROw This dickhead seemed to have taken it personally that I was in the left lane, even though I was doing 70 in a 65. Last I heard he had his license suspended for trying to force an accident with me and a host of previous offenses. (No sound, I had to give out personal info to the police.) This is just a small smattering of what I have saved in the past week, usually if I feel I need to hit the record button I save it for a week and delete it just in case someone wants to call safety and complain against me. Things like this happen to/around me at least once a day, if not multiple times a day.
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Mar 17, 2015 09:27
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I have to ask, why are you cruising in the left lane while the right lane looks empty? (Second video, mostly) KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 09:42 on Mar 17, 2015 |
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Mar 17, 2015 09:39
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KozmoNaut posted:I have to ask, why are you cruising in the left lane while the right lane looks empty? I was passing another truck who decided to speed up, I cropped that out for brevity. (Also, it was the middle lane right up until that point.) \/\/\/ I changed lanes to let that white car loose, he'd been jockeying around behind me for some time. Speed limit there in Katy is 65, I do about 70 through there and that was the speed I was making before I went to pass the white car and Excursion(?) by the end of the video we were doing 50 and the police dispatch was telling me to keep sight of him. I governed my truck at 72, I figured that if he wanted to do 50 it'd be easier to keep track of him if I kept him at 50. Also, depth is hard to gauge with this camera, one lens is zoomed, the other fish-eye, to help out with depth, the first video that car was about a foot from my bumper at time of horn, and about three car lengths ahead when the license plate comes into view. Also, I stayed there because if he wanted to drop back and brake-check me, I would have had wide open territory to the left to do an emergency ditch-dive to instead of a lane of traffic on either side. 0rganDonor fucked around with this message at 10:37 on Mar 17, 2015 |
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Mar 17, 2015 09:47
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0rganDonor posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qECScRYqROw a: the first time you went into the left lane, I have no clue why you did it, especially as you pass nothing and seem to have no issues moving back over. b: You get really close to him. I don't see any brake lights, so he's just slowing down with engine brakes. See 2:13. He's not slowing down much, he's holding with that lexus (a brake check at 65 would have the lexus fly by), you pulled up on him. And at the final "stand-off" you merge behind him with very little following distance, meaning he didn't even instigate that close following distance instance. I was waiting the whole video for this rear end in a top hat to brake check you hard, and if you had, it would have been bad. And I can tell you, due to the following distances involved, you'd have gotten some proportion of fault, even with or even because of the damages. Wasn't worth the dick measuring contest, should have gotten his plate and then backed the gently caress off (now, this is easier said than done, I might have done exactly what you did, but with the cold, sober reality of the internet, it probably wasn't the reasonable choice.) He may be an rear end in a top hat, but everyone else watching on the road was probably thinking "what a pair of loving assholes." nm fucked around with this message at 10:18 on Mar 17, 2015 |
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Mar 17, 2015 10:16
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0rganDonor posted:I was passing another truck who decided to speed up, I cropped that out for brevity. (Also, it was the middle lane right up until that point.) Fair enough, I just thought I'd ask. I do find "elephant races" to be probably one of the most aggravating things on the road. It's like some people don't understand that <1mph speed difference does not make for safe overtaking.
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Mar 17, 2015 10:40
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KozmoNaut posted:Fair enough, I just thought I'd ask. Me too, but at that point where I20 crosses into SC the speed limit goes from 55 to 65 and his truck seemed to be governed at 62-64 while mine runs 72. So the minute speed gap didn't last for too long. I'd like to point out though, for anyone driving westbound there and gets angry at all the trucks suddenly shifting from the right to the left lane; There is a pothole that, if hit right, will literally throw trucks into the Augusta Canal: http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2014-06-26/divers-recover-body-truck-driver-augusta-canal
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Mar 17, 2015 10:51
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0rganDonor posted:Me too, but at that point where I20 crosses into SC the speed limit goes from 55 to 65 and his truck seemed to be governed at 62-64 while mine runs 72. So the minute speed gap didn't last for too long. I'd like to point out though, for anyone driving westbound there and gets angry at all the trucks suddenly shifting from the right to the left lane; There is a pothole that, if hit right, will literally throw trucks into the Augusta Canal: http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2014-06-26/divers-recover-body-truck-driver-augusta-canal  Yeah OK, I'd say that is a valid reason to change lanes. Jesus.
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Mar 17, 2015 11:04
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What these videos reminded me of is how ridiculous American cars look from behind with their puckered-up butthole license plates. It's so drat ugly!
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Mar 17, 2015 12:12
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Mar 17, 2015 12:42
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KozmoNaut posted:Fair enough, I just thought I'd ask. One time in New Jersey I was heading west on I-80 . There were 4 lanes, and there was a pickup towing a boat in lane D going about 50, speed limit was 55, traffic was going 65. I got my 18 wheeler into lane C to pass him, got 90% of the way past him, and then he accelerated to 75 and left me in the dust and stuck in lane C with cars zipping around me.
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Mar 17, 2015 15:28
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0rganDonor posted:This is just a small smattering of what I have saved in the past week, usually if I feel I need to hit the record button I save it for a week and delete it just in case someone wants to call safety and complain against me. Things like this happen to/around me at least once a day, if not multiple times a day. I'm pretty sure that the problem is that you have a really wimpy car horn instead of a loud truck horn.
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Mar 17, 2015 16:01
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loving old people and their irresponsible offspring that don't take care of their goddamn parents. Some fossilized dickhole just casually rolls through a four way stop, never touches the brakes, no signal, just rolls right up and is all "yeah I totally have the right of way" and makes a left turn with cars from every direction laying on the horn. I had a good look at him as he rolled past and gave zero indication that he ever realized people were trying to get his attention. Annual road tests for geezers, please. 
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Mar 17, 2015 17:45
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I made a mistake yesterday and cut it a little close on a right-turn-on-red situation. There is an intersection where the southbound lane gets a solid green turn signal before traffic can go north, and then it turns to a regular green light where left turn has to yield to oncoming traffic. I was going west and saw that cars were still turning left, so I get to my red light, pause, and start making my turn when I see that north-south traffic has a green light and a pickup is bearing down on the intersection. I had enough room to make my turn, but it was still close to cutting this dude off, and I waved 'sorry' at him. So, he jumped on my rear end, flashed his brights, and cut a bike lane to give me a tough guy look. This intersection  He was just breaking into the intersection by the time I had completed my turn. The street that goes east-west gets a lot of traffic because a of a freeway on ramp, so there is always a ton of cars turning left onto it.
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Mar 17, 2015 18:16
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Probably ABP, but so good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyldcogFacg
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Mar 17, 2015 18:22
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blk posted:Probably ABP, but so good. Stop. That's not actually something someone did. I can't wrap my head around someone being so daft.
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Mar 17, 2015 19:19
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GramCracker posted:Stop. That's not actually something someone did. I can't wrap my head around someone being so daft. They're English.. Oh gawd..
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Mar 17, 2015 19:57
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As someone noted the last time that was posted, I wonder how many loops she would have made if the beetle hadn't pulled up to the pump.
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Mar 17, 2015 20:53
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Geoj posted:As someone noted the last time that was posted, I wonder how many loops she would have made if the beetle hadn't pulled up to the pump. Back in the before times, in the long long ago, I worked at a gas station. I witnessed similar things happen on many occasions. I once saw someone that made 3 attempts and then left with tires squealing in anger. Obviously. their inability to park on the proper side was our fault.
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Mar 17, 2015 21:42
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CannonFodder posted:Trust me, I don't like being the elephant in the elephant race. A quick summation of the thought pattern of the average driver on a motorway: Well, you can't just let other people overtake, because that would mean they were winning. And if they're winning, you're losing, and that simply cannot stand.
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KozmoNaut posted:A quick summation of the thought pattern of the average driver on a motorway: This is what is sat through 260 miles of today. And i drive at 62 on the motorway and sit in the slow lane with the trucks, but overtake one car and they get the arse over it and have to overtake, just to be in front. Then they slow down to 55 and piss off the truck drivers as well.
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Mar 17, 2015 22:28
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KozmoNaut posted:A quick summation of the thought pattern of the average driver on a motorway: I wish there were some sort of violent, legal recourse against this sort of rear end in a top hat.
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Mar 17, 2015 22:58
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My wife and I were coming back from a trip to San Diego today. Going east on I-8 out of Jacumba, my wife notices the odor of formaldehyde? We see a cloud of smoke. Then we pass a semi cruising down the mountain with their trailer brakes on fire. No amount of honking and pointing could get this guy to stop. So I tried to well ahead of him to avoid getting caught in the inevitable accident and called the Highway Patrol. Hope his truck didn't burn to the ground!
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Armacham posted:My wife and I were coming back from a trip to San Diego today. Going east on I-8 out of Jacumba, my wife notices the odor of formaldehyde? We see a cloud of smoke. Then we pass a semi cruising down the mountain with their trailer brakes on fire. No amount of honking and pointing could get this guy to stop. So I tried to well ahead of him to avoid getting caught in the inevitable accident and called the Highway Patrol. Hope his truck didn't burn to the ground! "Trying to stop" is probably what he was doing that led to the brakes start on fire
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Mar 18, 2015 00:17
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PCOS Bill posted:"Trying to stop" is probably what he was doing that led to the brakes start on fire One would hope, but he seemed relatively unconcerned considering that his vehicle was bursting into flames.
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Armacham posted:One would hope, but he seemed relatively unconcerned considering that his vehicle was bursting into flames. Would you rather he panicked?
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Mar 18, 2015 00:22
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It took me a minute to figure out what was wrong with this cement truck today. At first I thought it might be those extra wheels that fold down when loaded (which it was) but nope, those were up front. I stayed very far away from it.
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Mar 18, 2015 01:25
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PCOS Bill posted:Would you rather he panicked?
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Mar 18, 2015 01:43
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Armacham posted:Ideally his vehicle would have been appropriately maintained so that it wouldn't catch on fire. Also it would be nice if the failure of a single brake on his trailer doesn't prevent him from pulling over. An appropriately maintained truck can still toast the brakes if the driver is a moron, this is what engine brakes are for on big rigs. It's really just driver error that will cause that, but once it happens there also isn't anything they can do except ride it out and hope the brakes cool enough before they kill someone or find a truck runoff.
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Mar 18, 2015 01:59
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DEAR RICHARD posted:He was just breaking into the intersection by the time I had completed my turn. Breaking and entering is a crime. If you witness it you should call the police.
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Mar 18, 2015 02:11
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Armacham posted:My wife and I were coming back from a trip to San Diego today. Going east on I-8 out of Jacumba, my wife notices the odor of formaldehyde? We see a cloud of smoke. Then we pass a semi cruising down the mountain with their trailer brakes on fire. No amount of honking and pointing could get this guy to stop. So I tried to well ahead of him to avoid getting caught in the inevitable accident and called the Highway Patrol. Hope his truck didn't burn to the ground! Hot or on fire? Worst thing to do when they are superhot is to stop. Even on fire, worst thing to do is to stop.
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Mar 18, 2015 05:42
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InterceptorV8 posted:Hot or on fire? Literally on fire. So what are you supposed to do then? What if the trailer had been carrying something hazardous or inflammable?
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Mar 18, 2015 06:26
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Armacham posted:Literally on fire. So what are you supposed to do then? What if the trailer had been carrying something hazardous or inflammable? Better to try to get to an area where there's a hose or something, or even get to a parking lot versus the highway, than to stop and burn down right there.
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Armacham posted:My wife and I were coming back from a trip to San Diego today. Going east on I-8 out of Jacumba, my wife notices the odor of formaldehyde? We see a cloud of smoke. Then we pass a semi cruising down the mountain with their trailer brakes on fire. No amount of honking and pointing could get this guy to stop. So I tried to well ahead of him to avoid getting caught in the inevitable accident and called the Highway Patrol. Hope his truck didn't burn to the ground! Like smoking profusely, or actually on fire? If they were just smoking he was doing what he is supposed to do, keep driving. The brake assemblies are designed so that the more airflow they get, the cooler they are. Plus if you come to a complete stop, you run the risk of friction welding the drums to the pads or exploding an airbag due to the unrestricted radiant heat. Great Beer posted:It took me a minute to figure out what was wrong with this cement truck today. And this is perfectly safe and legal, so long as it's not fully loaded.
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Armacham posted:Literally on fire. So what are you supposed to do then? What if the trailer had been carrying something hazardous or inflammable? If ya stop, where do you think that fire is going to head ASAP? Only thing keeping that trailer from going full fireball is the air cooling the brakes (and keeping the tires from going off) And that fire putter outta in the truck isn't going to do poo poo for a brake fire. Great Beer posted:It took me a minute to figure out what was wrong with this cement truck today. I can't see for sure, but that looks to be another idle axle in the rear end end. Some of those trucks have dual steer axles, two center drops, two drives and a rear idle axle. But yeah, sometimes you'll see some poo poo, like there are some trailer haulers, and they'll pull the inner set of duals off everything and then only get their truck regged for like 50K because all they are hauling is those new trailers, on their trailer. Rumor has is that they get retarded mileage because they don't weigh poo poo and have less tires area on the ground.
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InterceptorV8 posted:I can't see for sure, but that looks to be another idle axle in the rear end end. Some of those trucks have dual steer axles, two center drops, two drives and a rear idle axle. But yeah, sometimes you'll see some poo poo, like there are some trailer haulers, and they'll pull the inner set of duals off everything and then only get their truck regged for like 50K because all they are hauling is those new trailers, on their trailer. Rumor has is that they get retarded mileage because they don't weigh poo poo and have less tires area on the ground. It might be another set then. The camera doesn't pick up beside me so I can't check for sure. Im pretty sure its loaded though. There's a cement plant about 2 miles behind me in that shot and the barrel was spinning. Do idle axles typically have tireless wheels on them as spacers? Because that's definitely what that gray cylinder on the inside of the left wheel was.
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Great Beer posted:...Do idle axles typically have tireless wheels on them as spacers? Because that's definitely what that gray cylinder on the inside of the left wheel was. Yep, we actually transport storage trailers this way. Fun fact, if you blow a tire on a dual wheel axle, cut all the rubber from the rim with some snips or bolt cutter and you're legal to drive on it again.
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